Comments on: Election Monitors and the Unwashed Crowd http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/03/14/election-monitors-and-the-unwashed-crowd/ Thoughts and Lessons from an African Open-Source Project Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:20:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Quick, Stop All Ushahidi Deployments in Egypt! | iRevolution http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/03/14/election-monitors-and-the-unwashed-crowd/comment-page-1/#comment-7485 Quick, Stop All Ushahidi Deployments in Egypt! | iRevolution Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:34:54 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=1667#comment-7485 [...] expensive, proprietary software that prevented the widespread use of commercial platforms by the unwashed masses. Life was good back then, and simple. Only external organizations with millions of dollars of [...] [...] expensive, proprietary software that prevented the widespread use of commercial platforms by the unwashed masses. Life was good back then, and simple. Only external organizations with millions of dollars of [...]

]]> By: Here Come the Crowd-Sorcerers: How Technology is Disrupting the Humanitarian Space and How Easy It Is « iRevolution http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/03/14/election-monitors-and-the-unwashed-crowd/comment-page-1/#comment-6349 Here Come the Crowd-Sorcerers: How Technology is Disrupting the Humanitarian Space and How Easy It Is « iRevolution Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:26:04 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=1667#comment-6349 [...] than  physically excluding Haitians from having a voice at LogBase? Because the so-called “unwashed masses” don’t have the “right” credentials as defined by the Muggles? Either way, [...] [...] than  physically excluding Haitians from having a voice at LogBase? Because the so-called “unwashed masses” don’t have the “right” credentials as defined by the Muggles? Either way, [...]

]]> By: Jeff http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2010/03/14/election-monitors-and-the-unwashed-crowd/comment-page-1/#comment-3773 Jeff Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:44:20 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=1667#comment-3773 Hi Erik, I loved the article. Beautiful analysis. You are right on the money. You could also consider some alternative system whereby people could register in some way in order to send reports in to be mapped. This way their history in reporting could be monitored across elections and you might reduce intentional anonymous trolling of election processes by people more interested in throwing doubts on the process than conducting honest monitoring. Hi Erik,

I loved the article. Beautiful analysis. You are right on the money. You could also consider some alternative system whereby people could register in some way in order to send reports in to be mapped. This way their history in reporting could be monitored across elections and you might reduce intentional anonymous trolling of election processes by people more interested in throwing doubts on the process than conducting honest monitoring.

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